Fukushima 50

20202020
2h 2m

Kôichi Satô, Ken Watanabe, Narumi Yasuda, and Hidetaka Yoshioka in Fukushima 50 (2020)

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Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsuna... Read allWorkers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

Director
- Setsurô Wakamatsu
Writers
- Ryûshô Kadota(book)
- Yoichi Maekawa(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations

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Kôichi Satô in Fukushima 50 (2020)

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Ken Watanabe in Fukushima 50 (2020)

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Ken Watanabe in Fukushima 50 (2020)

Ken Watanabe in Fukushima 50 (2020)

Fukushima 50 (2020)

Director
- Setsurô Wakamatsu
Writers
- Ryûshô Kadota(book)
- Yoichi Maekawa(screenplay)
All cast & crew
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Skyfire

5.2

The Great War of Archimedes

6.3

The Great War of Archimedes

The Tunnel

6.1

Crisis

6.2

The Eight Hundred

6.8

The Eight Hundred

Fukushima: A Nuclear Story

7.4

Fukushima: A Nuclear Story

Honest Thief

6.0

Greenland

6.4

Breaking Surface

6.2

Breaking Surface

Unhinged

6.0

Deranged

6.4

The Secrets We Keep

5.8

The Secrets We Keep

A tsunami is triggered when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hits the Pacific Ocean near Japan. A plant manager risks everything and stays put to handle the pending disaster once a reactor begins to leak. He is in contact with the parent utility TEPCO. The Japanese army moves in. The Americans also show up to command the situation. The plant employees fight on. —aghaemi

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Genres
- Action
- Drama
Parents guide

Trivia
Several scenes from this movie were filmed with United States Air Force members on Yokota Air Base, Japan.

Top review

3/10

Just boring

A film about the great Yankee occupier caring for the poor children they protect. I thought this film would nod to the truth, but instead...!?

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Jul 25, 2021

Release date
- March 5, 2021 (United States)
Countries of origin
- Japan
- Hong Kong
Official site
- Official Site
Language
- Japanese
Also known as
- Fukushima 50: Thảm Họa Kép
Production companies
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Gross worldwide
- $7,494,243

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Runtime
2 hours 2 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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